Discussions at this week’s ARACON 26 conference in Rotterdam covered a considerable amount of ground, with digitalisation, AI, new marine fuels and evolving regulatory mandates all in the mix, but fuel quality – in relation to the ARA market, the ISO 8217 specification and the composition of biofuels – was a key talking point and certainly elicited some robust engagement between speakers and delegates. Regulation was the focus of a conference session and featured input from buyers, suppliers and compliance experts. With revisions of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), FuelEU Maritime (FEUM) and Europe’s Renewal Energy Directive in prospect, […]

The 1,793,464 cubic metres (cbm) of fossil marine fuel sold in Rotterdam during Q3 marked the highest quarterly total of the year to date. While still significantly down on 2025’s volumes, Q3’s total will be welcome news for bunker players at the European marine fuel hub port. As previously reported by ship.energy, the dwindling marine fuel sales volumes recorded during the first half of the year prompted several industry stakeholders to put their name to a position paper in July highlighting what it saw as the growing risks to Rotterdam’s status as a leading bunker port. Last quarter’s fossil bunkers […]

Maersk, Golden Island Pte Ltd. and PSA Singapore (PSA) have completed Singapore’s first ethanol bunkering operation at the latter’s Pasir Panjang Terminal. Supported by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the operation, which was conducted simultaneously with cargo operations (SIMOPS), saw bioethanol bunkered using a mass flow meter (MFM). The Singapore-registered Maersk Halifax – which in 2024 became the first large containership to be converted into a dual-fuel vessel able to operate on methanol – was bunkered with approximately 5,000 metric tonnes of ISCC-certified bioethanol from Golden Island’s Singapore-registered IMO Type II chemical tanker, M.T. Golden Centaurus, while […]